Improved apparatus for leathering tacks



A In slot, while'the-heads are supportedby the in -clined sides of B. Y

UNut-'EDA ASTATES i arten..

LEWIs G. BRADFORD, 0F` PLYMoUrt,fMAssAcHUsnTfrs.

vlnvn-fltcwl-:n APPARATUS F'oaL'EA-rnsmne 'T-AcKs.

S'pceicatiou' forming-part of Letters Patent-No. 36,640, datcdjctober14, 1862.

To all whom it nmz/concern:

Beit known that I, LEWIS'G. BRADFORD,

' of Plymouth, in the county of ',Plyniouth'au'd;

State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain 'new' and usefulImprovements in Machines for Leathering .'lacks;v and l doherebydcclarethat the following is afull, clear, and exact-l dcs'cription otvthefsame, reference being had to the accompanyingrdrawings, Vforming apart of this specification, and in .Which-'1 Figure l represents' a sideView Vof the inachine. vFig.2 represents a top or plan1vicw.'

Fig. 3 represents a front view. '1 Fig. 4 represeats aseetion on line AB of va portion ofthe front of the machine, adfliig.' 51 represents twoviews of thetack-separator D detached. f

My invention relates to the Inode of separatingv the tacks and conveyingthem to the holding-dieser. other `receptacle, and the de- .'-scr-iptionwill therefore be "more particularly l confined to this part of themachine.v

@In the drawings, represents ahopper, in

` to which the tackslare placed,'and from whichthey descendinto' theslotted inclined guide B, thefpoints, of the tacks passing through therlhc tacks arearrestedfat the bot-tom of the inclined guide B by ahorizontal Separator, D,

having a notch, ,a,. on; its.V inner edge. '.'Ihe' separatori) rests andreciprocates on the-stand' C. To the standCis-'pivoted a latch, b,having a groove, Z1', in which worksa pin, c. projecting-up freinthegse'para'tor D. To the outer -vwhich projects .sn'ciently far,beyond' the stand C vto receive 'the vfront end of lever E,

which is pivoted'at d,. i ts rear end vfitting into. la cam-groove, di,iniapulley, F, on one endet" The operation is as followsz,T-acks beingplaced inthe hopper Adescend down. to the edge of the separatorD, when,)notion being communicated toshaft F and pulley F, a rcciprocatingmotionis imparted to the separator D by means -ot llever E, and said.sep-

'faratoi' is drawn ont toits extrclne point of moits edge rnbsaga'instthcvsidc "ofthe lowest shown in red, Fig.4. p y

'As the receiving-dies and other parts' of the same,ithe inventionrelating solely vto 'the Caxn 'or grooverZ'is-so fol-ined that theseparater' D rests for ay short. time at ca ch'extreme point of itsmotion.

tosecure by Letters latent, is'

through the leather or-.other material'. 1

2. .'lhe combination, with' the 'rec-iprocatingv a orits equivalen 1.

..Witnesses: -j

WM. TfDAvIs, vWM. AE. BARNES,- BENJNSWIFT. r

one-,tack t'o' slide'into said notch, and which isscparated from theother tacks and 'carried to the holding en -'other.receptacle'by thefog- .ward lnove'mentjo thes'epa-rator'l), .where it latch b,whi'chis`-d1'awn 'inward forf that purpose by the'actlonotpince inthecam-groove By the. backward motion' of .the separatorttack,therebyvcausing it tolassume'a-position f 'whichenablcslt'ftodroprorslide readily into the notch a when jin the--properpositio'lnjas y nn'ichinenlafyvbe. of any `known construction, 1t `1snot. deemed neccssary to describe the mode ofseparating,conveying,andthrowing v 0E ,the tacks, andl which operationhas non' 4 hat IIclaim-gasfmy inven.tiou ,'and desire Y 1. Theapplication Vandzuse, of. .the vhorizontal reciprocating separat r D,for; taking the vtacks singly Afrom` than ot efr-the 'inclinedguide-plane and carrying `them t'o "the 'receiv-l @ing-dies orother'receptaclcfor holding the tack during tli'e process ot" beingfdri've'nfV separator D, I of the selfgacting-.latch b, .ton throwing;ror retrievingA the tack from thenotc1 1

